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Whoa-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh Music
A feel-good rock song with lyrics about a dream. The refrain goes "whoa-oh-oh whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh whoa-oh-oh-oh." It got a lot of airplay a couple years ago and now it's bugging me that I can't remember the title or band name.
Spoken word in music from a song Music
I don't remember much of the actual song - it was on a mix cd I was sent in the early 2000s, it was acoustic guitar based with a woman singing, and I have an inkling it may have been early Tegan & Sara. What I do remember is a lo-fi Spoken Word in Music intro: a child (presumably the singer herself as a child) is fussing and trying to grab something (maybe even the tape recorder it's being captured on). An adult woman scolds her and says something like "good, it's recording, later on you'll get to hear what a brat you were".
Stock Sound Effect (Bird) Music
Does anyone know the species of bird calling at the beginning and end of this (Mongolian) video
(or the Stock Sound Effect it's from)? I've heard the exact same sound in Pharaoh (which, as its name indicates, is set in Egypt), so I'd like to know what it is to know which one counts as Misplaced Wildlife.
Music Video of Things in Yard Music
This was a video I saw on MTV in the middle of The '90s. I couldn't tell you anything about the song, but the video was very memorable. It was a bunch of close-up shots of things in a yard, some of them color-filtered. I'm pretty sure it never showed the band, or any humans at all. There were moving lawn ornaments, wind-up toys, and small animals. At one point it showed an extreme close-up of a blue-filtered earthworm. Really gross. Anyway, I'm curious what song this was, since the video's stuck in my mind all these years.
Edited by Scissortank
Old GTA San Andreas video song Music
A long time ago (around 2007-2008), there was a You Tube video of GTA San Andreas motorcycle stunts, in which the background was a hard rock/metal song that repeated "Everybody lose control". The video has since been deleted, but searching for those lyrics doesn't give me any song results (and it's clearly not "Get Ugly" by Jason Derulo), does anyone know which song it is? Thanks for your attention.
Possible show tune? (Edit: Found it) Music
Edit: it’s “One” from A Chorus Line Edit 2: “The Simpsons” had a parody of it in Treehouse of Horror V
All I remember is that the first line started with “One” and the melody of the first line fit the lyrics “One. Perfect kind of feeling.” I think another line ended with “...that nobody else. Can. Do.” It sounds like a show tune, like it’s from a musical. My mind is associating it with “The Simpsons” but also with horror.
Edited by AnnikaBell
R and B song in the early 90s Music
A guy is singing about loosing his girl. Its an R and B song and he appears to be singing in a barn with his group. We get flashbacks abot the guy and his girl and things start off well. Happy times. Something goes wrong and she literally runs away from their home. All I remember is part of the chorus Ill bet my bottom dollar , that your not thinking about me. Anymore. Longshot , but the songs been bugging me for a while.
Transformation noise in song? Music
https://youtu.be/3fxq7kqyWO8?t=131
Alright, so I heard this song on the 70s to 90s radio and it has a little instrumental part that works its way up to something like this in Time Lapse. It goes like a few small beats at first then the "transformation" type sound you hear in Time Lapse. I know the song doesn't really go with the instrumental part as well. Any help?
A piece from the 80's (or possibly early 90's) of which I only remember mondegreens Music
I remember a piano note that evokes a low chime, and at different times I heard different Mondegreens of the lyrics: "Ball gonna bob you/Ball gonna bob you/Dance/Dance" or "Bald in the ballroom/Bald in the ballroom/Dance/Dance", and then then the percussion makes a chucka-chucka-chucka sound.
Edited by ZarbiNerada
Looking for a genre name Music
1. A genre of hectic, chaotic, and energetic music that feels potentially villainous or mad science-y. Examples: Nasty Habits by Oingo Boingo is the most prominent and "genre-defining" of these, I feel. Some more downplayed (at least, energy-wise? Something wise? I cannot pinpoint it) would be like The Two Headed Cat by The Aquabats!, though the lyrics help it a lot in that case. I don't think it has the franticness as much but the vocals works in the favor of the lyrics and vibes. The B-52s's Rock Lobster wouldn't count, it doesn't have that energy and franticness except during maybe one part.
2. Whatever genre Devo is. I legitimately have no clue and I want to find more songs that sound like their's other than "Weird Al" Yankovic's Dare to be Stupid.
If anyone has the genres of these and/or songs similar to these, you would be making my day(s)!
Edited by FriedBaka
Do you know that song? Music
There was a song that had in the lyrics something like "na na na na somebody, dun dun dun dun dun dun". And it also had something like "na na na na na na na na" a few times.
I couldn't tell more since that's the best I can describe it.
Rock Song Whose Title Is A Number Music
Does anyone know what song this is? Its title is a number between 1960 and 1995. I think it's the male lead singer's birth year. It's about childhood and growing up. There's an English and a non-English version (Israeli? Hebrew? I can't remember).
Edited by Pichu-kun
What is that gibbish Latin-sounding chanting song? Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd8dCIKd3UI&t
Hey, I got a good question for all of you that actually might be confusing to all of you. What is that gibbish Latin-sounding chanting song between 2:24 and 5:51? I don't know what is this song, but it sound sort of latin in gibbsh. I've been trying to find it for a long time now. If one of you do know what it is called, then please let me know. It will be helpful for me to know.
Anime Waltz Song Music
So, years and years ago, I found a song which (I'm fairly sure) had "Waltz" in the title, and I'm also pretty sure it was from an anime. I don't remember if it was the opening or ending, or any part of the name except for Waltz, and when I search "Anime Waltz" I find a looot of results and I've had no luck wading through them. The song was mostly piano, I honestly can't remember whether or not there was singing, and it was pretty sad sounding. I can only really remember what I think was the chorus, and here's a recording of my trying my best to hum it. http://vocaroo.com/i/s10E482FqI1Z
Noisy alternative rock song, maybe from the late 80s/early 90s (solved) Music
I heard this song in a pizza parlor that I noticed plays all its music from old cassettes and it seemed like they were just playing a mix tape. The song sorta reminded me of Dinosaur Jr., but I don't think it was actually them because it didn't sound like either J Mascis or Lou Barlow singing lead. The one line that I remember was something like "have you been sleeping late because you've been abused?". Midtempo but with loud distorted guitars and a noisy guitar solo near the end. Music I did recognize on the same tape included Nirvana, Beat Happening and Flaming Lips if that helps pin down the era and genre any.
Edited by MikeK
Song in video, where is it from Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac1vrDfwMnE&t=283s starts at 4:40 about. Soundhound couldn't identify. I guess it could be a song he just made himself but I'm not sure.
Wierd folkmetal band (Scandanvian?) on youtube last year (solved) Music
There was some non English speaking metal/folk metal band that played into my youtube rotation last summer, but i lost the name. They were I think Scandinavian. Their theme was that they were knights ( i think), and they had a female violinist.
In video 1, The two lead singers loosely dressed as knights (chain mail), and the violinist laid on her back on some stone/alter and played , showing off her cleavage . I think the refrain when loosely translated into English was something like "Hey lords, Hey ladies,....... get in the pit"
In video two, it was a Bar filled with fantasy characters, ordering some booze from a wooden barrel. However when the last shipment comes, the barrel is real tiny. So the bartender pretends like he didn't get any. And then tries selling it to only 1 of them. Some guy dressed like a British explorer sees it and points an old timey rifle. There is the "wicked witch" trying to spell it into her hands, there is snow white, at least 1 dwarf (which is just 1 singer on his knees), and the devil, who the dwarf depants. The devil has a pig head where his genitals should be. It ends with the barrel rolling away and down a drain and no one gets any. The credits roll, and I think all the characters are seen striking/protesting till they get more booze.
Edited by yarthecow
Nu-metal/alternative break up song with sarcastic/robotic sounding spoken intro Music
There was a distinctive intro to the song, where the singer kind of spoke in a robotic voice in rhyme - something that starts like "everybody wants something better, I'm happy for you". I don't remember the exact monologue, but I definitely remember it sounded like something one would say to be polite when seeing an ex with someone else, with "I'm happy for you" being said in a deliberately emotionless way. After this, it goes into a heavy riff and more angry, shouted vocals. It was on a promo CD that I think came with a Korn album, featuring other relatively heavy bands/artists. This was probably the late 90s, especially if I'm remembering the detail that it came with a Korn cd correctly - the last Korn albums I can remember having a physical copy of were Follow The Leader and Issues.
Edited by MikeK
Music video with early chroma-key SFX Music
This is an old song from the 80s, I believe. I can’t remember any of how the song goes, but I remember the music video for the song features a guy in a big puffy white suit. They used a chroma-key sort of technique to make the suit play videos from TV and such. I know the song is old enough that chroma-key didn’t really exist when the video was made, so it was a novel effect back in the day. I think the idea is that the guy’s supposed to be an alien and his suit is just picking up radio waves carrying television signals, but that doesn’t come across in the video itself.
Are You Afraid of the Dark cassette tape Music
Not music, but I owned a cassette tape that was part of the Are You Afraid of the Dark TV series, it did not feature an episode from the series on tape, but had more stories. The tape I remember came in black and orange coloring. I do not remember much of the stories, but one I think included a snowman (the last bit was the snowman in the tub and all left was a carrot), and another included a bit where two guys, brothers I think, were hanging out, and one told the other, stop messing with my hair, the other said it's not me, it was actually a rat. I also remember the midnight society talking about including a monster animal, but not a common animal, such as man's best friend, because that would be a dog. I hope this is enough information to go on and I would appreciate any help, thanks in advance.
2000s Rock Song With Male And Female Vocals Music
Anyone know this song?
It's most likely an Alternative Rock or Indie Rock song from the 2000s (and at latest 2013). It's a softish song with male and female vocals. All I can clearly remember is that the chorus (which features male vocals) contained the lyrics "I'll wait forever" and that near the end there's a female verse before the chorus begins again. I remember some of the male lyrics that were likely "Keep these (???) around", "And I'll wait for (???). I'll wait forever", "What the hell ??? ???", and "??? ??? by an angel".
I thought this was a Lydia song but I can't find it.
Edited by Pichu-kun
Song Music
I remember watching this video when I was younger, and I've wondered what the music playing during the title card during the first 7 seconds was. It reminds me of Falling Down, but I know it isn't.
Film Song. Music
I'm looking for a song that played during the ending credits of a film. There's very little background music. It sounds as though someone were playing the softer keys on a piano. The only lyrics I can remember are "I will keep you safe from harm" but it might've been safe and warm. The woman who sings this song is doing so softly and the vibe is meant to be creepy. Any help is appreciated. I can't remember the name of the film.